Bachelor of Arts

Sociology - unit set code MJ-A000019

Sociology is the study of society and social relations. Thinking sociologically allows the individual to step outside the taken for granted processes of everyday living towards examining the processes which create, maintain and change social groups in society. On successful completion of the Sociology major sequence, students should have the following discipline-specific skills:

an ability to explain key sociological concepts such as socialisation, modernity, postmodernity, gender, social class, race and ethnicity; an ability to identify core theoretical understandings in sociology

an ability to apply sociological analysis to a range of contemporary issues such as health, family life, deviance and the media

an ability to understand conflict, cohesion and social change in societies

an ability to explain the systems, practices and technologies of control and their historical transformation in Western cultures

* ASC320 is offered in the cloud (online) teaching mode - there will be no face to face teaching.

** ASC321 - Internship units are normally undertaken in third level (or equivalent) and are subject to completion of specified prerequisite units and special application requirements. Interested students should contact Arts and Education Student Services and Enrolment Enquiries on their campus for further information.